Please read the assigned chapter on middle adulthood in the Hutchison (2019) text, along with the article by Markle, Attell, and Treiber (2015). Consider the points in the article that show how having multiple chronic illnesses in midlife potentially changes people’s role identities, and therefore their psychological and social well-being. In your responses, please do the following:
- Identify one way that this shift in role identities relates to a broader trend in human development in midlife, according to the chapter on midlife development in Hutchison (2019).
- Apply the idea of intersectionality to changes in roles, focusing on ideas of role conflict, role spillover, and role confusion. Discuss at least one possible intersectionality. How might individuals at this intersection experience role spillover or role confusion?
- Markle, G. L., Attell, B. K., & Treiber, L. A. (2015). Dual, yet dueling illnesses: multiple chronic illness experience at midlifeLinks to an external site.. Qualitative Health Research, 25(9), 1271-1282.
- Hutchison, E. D. (2019). Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course. Sage Publications.
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